The Impact of Education, Health, Experience and Government Loans on Farmers’ Productivity in District Nowshera

Imran Ullah Saeed, Muhammad Jehangir and Muhammad Tariq
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Imran Ullah Saeed: PhD Scholar (Economics), Department of Economic, Federal Urdu University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad Jehangir: Assistant Professor, IBL, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
Muhammad Tariq: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.

Global Social Sciences Review, 2018, vol. 3, issue 1, 82-99

Abstract: This study generally examines the influence of education, health, experience and government loans on farmers’ productivity in district Nowshera. Specifically, this study (a) finds out the role of socio-economic factors determining tomato production in district Nowshera and (b) estimates technical efficiency of the tomato farmers in the area. Primary data has been collected through a field survey from 61 tomato producers of selected villages of the district. The results reveal on the average tomato farms in the study area are 95% efficient, indicating a 5% potential for the farms to attain the maximum output level while the range of efficiencies was 89% to 99%. Moreover, the results also showed education, health, experience and government loans playing a significant role in the determination of the tomato production. On the basis of these results, it is suggested that government increase spending on education and health as such loans can play an important role in the tomato farming in district Nowshera.

Keywords: Cobb Douglas Production Function; Technical Efficiency; Determinants; KP (Khyber Pukhtunkhwa) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-I).06

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